Description: Microsofts .NET is a revolutionary advance in programming technology that greatly simplifies application development and is a good match for the emerging paradigm of Web-based services, as opposed to proprietary applications. Part of this technology is the new language from Microsoft, C. This language combines the power of C++ and the ease of development of Visual Basic 6. It bears a striking resemblance to Java and improves on that language. C has become the dominant language for building new applications on Microsoft platforms.
This thorough and comprehensive course is a practical introduction to programming in C, utilizing the services provided by .NET. This course emphasizes the C language. It is current to Visual Studio 2017, .NET Framework 4.7 and C 7.0. Important newer features such as dynamic data type, named and optional arguments, the use of variance in generic interfaces, asynchronous programming keywords, and tuples are covered in a final chapter. A supplement covers the fundamentals of Language Integrated Query (LINQ).
This course is intended to be fully accessible to programmers who do not already have a strong background in object-oriented programming in C-like languages, such as C++ or Java. It is ideal, for example, for procedural programmers who desire to learn C.
An important thrust of the course is to teach C programming from an object-oriented perspective. It is often difficult for programmers trained originally in a procedural language to start thinking in objects. This course introduces object-oriented concepts early, and C is developed in a way that leverages its object orientation. A case study is used to illustrate creating a complete system using C and .NET. Besides supporting traditional object-oriented features, such as classes, inheritance, and polymorphism, C introduces several additional features, such as properties, indexers, delegates, events, and interfaces that make C a compelling language for developing object-oriented and component-based systems. This course provides thorough coverage of all these features.
C as a language is elegant and powerful. But to utilize its capabilities fully, you need to have a good understanding of how it works with the .NET Framework. The course explores several important interactions between C and the .NET Framework, and it includes an introduction to major classes for collections, delegates, and events. It includes a succinct introduction to creating GUI programs using Windows Forms. The course concludes with a chapter covering the newer features in the language through C 7.0.
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